I've seen them do it infrequently. I've never been able to get a good photograph of it. Marie, did you?
It's described in the BNA/Birds of the World account. Interestingly the description they cite said there was no preening afterward. I thought I had seen that. It's always fun to see how birds bathe in things other than standing water, such as snow, dirt, rain, dew, or wet leaves. Kevin Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D. Senior Course Developer and Instructor Bird Academy Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 k...@cornell.edu<mailto:k...@cornell.edu> 607-254-2452 Do you know about our other distance-learning opportunities? Visit Bird Academy<https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/courses/>, https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/courses/ to see our list of courses. From: bounce-125423235-3493...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-125423235-3493...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Marie P. Read Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2021 2:11 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] American Crow "snow-bathing"! Hi everyone, Earlier today, while it was still cloudy and drizzly, I was watching an American Crow in the snow-covered field opposite my house do something I'd never seen before. While it was walking along, several times it squatted down into the snow and shuffled its wings just like birds do when they're bathing in water. Sometimes it also dug into the snow with its bill as if to loosen the snow around it. Then it preened a bit then repeated the process, maybe 7 or 8 times in the space of a few minutes, before finally flying off with another individual. Very cool behavior! Has anyone seen them do this before? Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA e-mail m...@cornell.edu<mailto:m...@cornell.edu> Website: http://www.marieread.com AUTHOR of: Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing Birds and Their Behavior https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
